Viola assistant coach Tommy Trivitt consoles right fielder Tristan Burden after the Lady Longhorns fell 3-0 to Midland in the Class 1A State Championship at Bogle Park in Fayetteville on Saturday.

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FAYETTEVILLE - Three crucial fifth-inning errors allowed Midland to break through in a pitcher's duel and propelled the Lady Mustangs past the Viola Lady Longhorns, 3-0, in the Class 1A State Championship game Saturday at Bogle Park on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville.

Midland (30-6) scored all three of its runs in the bottom of the fifth on only one hit and all coming with two outs.

Viola's Kiersten Moore and Midland's Paisley Pratt combined to allow just five hits in the game, but the pitcher's duel turned ugly for the Lady Longhorns (30-3), who committed five total errors in ...